Month: December 2014

Actor Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) and lead singer Eric Pulido discuss their new live concert film Midlake: Live in Denton, TX. The footage was captured at an iconic venue in the bands hometown. Directed by Eric Noren.

The result is a beautifully photographed film that is part live concert film, part documentary homage to the band’s hometown of Denton, TX.

With just a few tickets still available for his UK tour, and his Village Underground show having sold-out within just a few hours, FATHER JOHN MISTY has today unveiled a video for “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)” from his new album I Love You, Honeybear.

Directed by Josh and Emma Tillman, the video can be viewed here:

Josh Tillman says of the video, “A few months ago, I had an idea for a music video. I was going to rent a wedding chapel, get a dozen kittens and stage a kitten wedding, over which I would preside and intercut with performance footage of me lip-syncing the song which you’re hearing today, “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)”.

“Sounds great, right? It may have even gone viral because: kittens. If a video goes viral, that means you’re reaching a wider audience, and you might even get on a chart. If you get on a chart that means you’re streaming more records, and the more records you’re streaming the more money you supposedly have for hiring kitten wranglers.

“Aside from the fact that kitten wranglers are considerably more expensive than you may realize and that said-kitten wranglers all informed me there was no way we were going to be able get the outfits I had mocked up onto said-kittens, there was another extenuating factor involved in the decision to abort this music video concept and ruin the slim likelihood that I might ever get to see the Huffington Post entertainment headline “EX-FLEET FOXES DRUMMER WEDS CATS”.

“That reason is that the song actually means a great a deal to me. It’s got the #4 on it because this iteration of Chateau Lobby was the 4th attempt at arranging and producing the song that did not turn out perversely sentimental. Sentimentality brutalizes emotion. Much like ironic music videos.

“I don’t care all that much if you like the music video or not. The label isn’t crazy about it. Management isn’t crazy about it. I have been informed I’m basically kissing an MTV “Woodie” award goodbye forever. I made it on an iPad on my wedding anniversary with the one I love. We ate pancakes.

“I love you,

Josh.”

Father John Misty’s headline tour begins mid-January in California and reaches the UK/Ireland for the following dates:

I Love You, Honeybear is the highly-anticipated follow up to his acclaimed debut, Fear Fun. The album, featuring “Bored In The USA,” “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins),” “True Affection,” and the title track, was produced by Josh Tillman and Jonathan Wilson, mixed by Phil Ek, and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Click HERE to watch his stunning performance of “Bored In The USA” with a 22-piece string section last night on The Late Show with David Letterman,

Preorders for I Love You, Honeybear are now available via http://fatherjohnmisty.merchline.com and iTunes. The album will be available on CD, download and 2 x LP in a gatefold jacket and black vinyl. A limited edition deluxe 2XLP alternate-cover version on tricolor vinyl in a Dioramic, Meta-Musical Funtime gatefold jacket All CD and LP formats will come with a fold-out poster, featuring a collage of Emma Tillman’s intimate photos, designed by Alia Penner and an extensive “Exercises for Listening” written by Josh Tillman.

I Love You, Honeybear will be released 9th Feb in the UK/Europe on Bella Union (10th Feb in the rest of the world via Sub Pop).